How To Declutter Your Bathroom Efficiently
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Since I am now working from home and I have friends and family visiting in the next few months, I am spending a bit of time decluttering and organizing my house. And I have to say that it feels so good!
This weekend I completely decluttered and organized my master bathroom, and I wanted to share with you the process so you can do it too.
How to declutter?
There are many ways of decluttering, but because I am dealing with anxiety and can quickly get overwhelmed, I prefer to focus on one thing at a time instead of doing it all at once.
What I mean by this is that I am going to work on one room at a time and then one drawer at a time.
If I take everything out at once and see a massive pile of stuff in the middle of the room, I get distracted and give up.
So here’s my process:
- Remove everything from the drawers, one at a time
- clean the drawers
- Look at expiration dates of products and throw away what’s expired
- For what’s left ask you these questions:
- Do I use it?
- Do I need it?
- When was the last time I used it?
- Put back what you need in a specific spot
- Give or throw away what you never use
- Then follow the same process for the shower/bathtub, under the sink and the whole room
A few things to think about when you are decluttering your bathroom
Makeup and beauty products
I only keep what I use for my everyday look and what I need for my party looks. I got a cute box at Marshall’s to keep them organized and hidden on the countertop so I can access it easily.
For my current everyday morning routine I need:
- Dramatically Different Moisturizing Gel by Clinique
- Revlon ColorStay Skinny Liquid Eyeliner
- Hypnose Volume Mascara
- Revlon Insta-Blush Stick
- Nivea Body Cocoa Butter Lotion
- Hypnose By LANCOME
- Yves Saint Laurent Volupte Tint In Balm
And then I have the UD Naked Eyeshadow Palette Original, and a few flashy lipsticks to add some colors to my eyes when I go out in the evening.
Everything else I gave it away or throw it away. Now I only buy new makeup when I run out of something to avoid duplicates.
Shower/bath products
My philosophy here is similar than the one for the makeup. Only get one of each product I need and wait to be out of it to buy a new one.
This is what I currently use:
- Clinique Redness Solutions Soothing Cleanser
- Joico Color Balance Purple Shampoo and Conditioner
- DevaCurl Deep Sea Repair, Seaweed Strengthening Mask, Chemical and Heat-Damaged Hair Treatment
- DevaCurl Melt Into Moisture Mask
- Raw Sugar Sensitive Skin
Nail polish
For the nail polish, I let go of colors that I know I would not use again or are no longer moving when I shake them and then put them in a CD basket like this one, and put it under the sink.
Jewelry
The jewelry is a little bit more tricky since we might need different ones according to our clothes.
To be honest, I don’t wear a lot of jewelry. What I have, I have it on 24/7. I’m too lazy to change my earrings every day, so I have small ones that I don’t need to remove when I sleep. Then I have a kate spade necklace that I bought with one of my photographer friends and sleep with it too.
But then I have an arrow on my mirror, similar to this one, with the necklaces that I am most likely to wear when I am going out. And I have a glass box below it for my earrings and bracelets.
Since both of them are very visible, it forces me to keep the bare minimum. Everything else is in a toiletry bag under the sink.
Medicine
When you are going to go through your prescriptions, you will find that a lot of them are expired. I think I will try to take the habits to look through them twice a year. I mean I found stuff from our car accident back in 2013 that expired in 2015 …
If you don’t know where to start when you are decluttering your bathroom, this is a right place because you will get rid of a lot of things and it will inspire you to do the same with the rest of the room.
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Further reading
- Why Spring Cleaning Will Make You Feel Better
- How I Made More Than $400 By Decluttering My Home
- Minimalism Challenge: How to have Fun Decluttering your Home
- How To Stop Unwanted Emails, Mails, And Phone Calls
- Book Review: The Joy of Less by Francine Jay
Over to you
What was the last room you decluttered in your home?
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